Carnivorous Quotes

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CARNIVOROUS, adj. Addicted to the cruelty of devouring the timorous vegetarian, his heirs and assigns. — Ambrose Bierce
The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous… — Mahatma Gandhi
Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say… — Gautama Buddha
Savage and furious nations, perpetually at war, adore, under diverse names, some God, conformable to their ideas, that is to say, cruel, carnivorous, selfish, blood-thirsty. — Baron d'Holbach
The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous. — Francis Picabia
I do not see any reason why animals should be slaughtered to serve as human diet when there are so many substitutes. After all, man… — Dalai Lama
Suppose that you want to teach the 'cat' concept to a very young child. Do you explain that a cat is a relatively small, primarily… — Ralph P. Boas, Jr.
... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must… — Mahatma Gandhi
I do half the cooking, and by 'half' I mean three quarters," Dad pointed out. "And if you're going to turn up your nose at… — Sarah Rees Brennan
SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body… — Ambrose Bierce
It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass. — Emile Faguet
If a drought strikes them, animals perish--man builds irrigation canals; if a flood strikes them, animals perish--man builds dams; if a carnivorous pack attacks them,… — Ayn Rand
It was only when Shona, in sheer fury, turned the carnivorous sheep among them that they moved. They ran, some of them with charming little… — Diana Wynne Jones
One thing I've learned about vampires--they keep pulling new rabbits out of their cloaks. Big, fanged, carnivorous bunnies that'll eat your eyeballs if you're not… — Laurell K. Hamilton
The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower. — Roberto Bolano
At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants,… — Piers Anthony
He frowns. "A dance with the carnivorous Felicity? Why? Has she eaten all the other available gentlemen? — Libba Bray
Is that a joke? Please tell me you're joking. -Sophie I never joke about carnivorous bunnies. -Luca — Rachel Vincent
Grief, he said, is carnivorous. — Dennis Lehane

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